Validate EU VAT IDs on VIES Web

[amihaiemil]

Documentation of the webservice: https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/faq.html#item_18

[zoeself]

@amihaiemil this is your task now, please go ahead. Deadline (when this ticket should be closed) is 2021-09-06T14:07:08.123209.

Estimation here is 60 minutes, that's how much you will be paid.

Remember, you don't have to solve everything in this ticket - you can solve it partially and leave todo markers in the code, which will become future tasks.

If you have any questions don't ask me, I'm not a technical person. Open new tickets instead.

If you don't have time or simply don't want to work on this, you can always resign.

[zoeself]

@amihaiemil please keep in mind that manual assignment of tickets is a bad practice and it is discouraged. Next time, please let me elect the assignee.

[zoeself]

@amihaiemil Don't forget to close this ticket before the deadline (2021-09-06T14:07:08). You are past the first half of the allowed period.

[zoeself]

@amihaiemil Looks like you've missed the task deadline (2021-09-06T14:07:08). You are now resigned from this task.

Please stop working on it, you will not be paid. I will assign it to someone else soon.

[zoeself]

@amihaiemil I couldn't find any assignee for this task. This is either because there are no contributors with role DEV available or because the project does not have enough funds.

Please, make sure there is at least one available contributor with the required role and the project can afford to pay them.

[amihaiemil]

@zoeself status

[zoeself]

@zoeself status

@amihaiemil this ticket is registered as a task, I will assign it to someone soon.Needed role here is DEV and estimation is 60 minutes.

[zoeself]

@amihaiemil I couldn't find any assignee for this task. This is either because there are no contributors with role DEV available or because the project does not have enough funds.

Please, make sure there is at least one available contributor with the required role and the project can afford to pay them.

[vatfix-ops]

Heads-up: VIES downtime and inconsistent SOAP responses are common. A good approach is to implement a caching layer and handle 5xx gracefully so your lookups don’t break. Returning a uniform JSON response (message, code, description) also helps simplify integrations.